Here Are the Must-Stream Movies of June 2016

No one wants to be inside during warm, beautiful June—unless, of course, you're a rabid cinephile whose happy place is a comfy couch in front of a giant TV. In that case, the coming month will bring a reasonable selection of new titles that range from CGI blockbusters and political dramas to wartime classics and unconventional indies. So don't feel bad about shunning the sun for the confines of your living room (or bedroom); with our assistance, you'll be all set to enjoy June just the way you like.

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Cold in July(June 1)

This sterling adaptation of Joe Lansdale's novel—from director Jim Mickle, and starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson—involves the revenge-fueled fallout from a homeowner's murder of an intruder.

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Dinosaurs just won't stay extinct in the first three installments in the Jurassic Park franchise—the best of which, by a fair margin, remains Steven Spielberg's 1993 original.

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Meadowland (June 1)

Olivia Wilde is captivating as a mother whose life spirals out of control after her son goes mysteriously missing in this 2015 indie co-starring Luke Wilson, Juno Temple, Elisabeth Moss, Giovanni Ribisi, John Leguizamo, and Ty Simpkins.

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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (June 22)

It took nine years for director Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller to make a sequel to their stylish 2005 neo-noir, and the result is a kindred work highlighted by the sultry presence of Eva Green.

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Spotlight (June 22)

The most recent recipient of the Best Picture Oscar, Tom McCarthy's drama details the efforts of The Boston Globe's investigative reporting team to uncover a wide-ranging sexual abuse scandal involving the Catholic Church.

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The Fundamentals of Caring (June 22) – Netflix Original

This Netflix-original feature from director Rob Burnett (the long-time executive producer of The Late Show with David Letterman) stars Paul Rudd as a man who, after suffering tremendous loss, rebuilds his life by taking a care-giving class.

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Life (June 29)

Dane DeHaan is James Dean, and Robert Pattinson is the Life magazine photographer who befriends him, in this art-house effort from director Anton Corbijn.

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Apocalypse Now and Apocalypse Now Redux (June 1)

Francis Ford Coppola's legendary Vietnam War epic premieres on Amazon in both its original 1979 version, and its expanded—and, some might argue, enhanced—2001 "director's cut.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (June 1)

Sergio Leone's "Man With No Name" trilogy comes to a rousing end with this epic Spaghetti Western showdown between Clint Eastwood (the good), Lee Van Cleef (the bad), and Eli Wallach (the ugly).

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Wayne's World (June 1)

Mike Myers and Dana Carvey's cable-access clowns hit the big time in this rollicking 1992 comedy, which still stands as one of the best films ever based on a Saturday Night Live sketch.

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Carrie (June 1)

The perils of bullying are depicted with horrifying supernatural precision by director Brian De Palma in this classic screen version of Stephen King's novel.

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W.(June 1)

Oliver Stone takes satirical aim at then-sitting president George W. Bush (albeit less ruthlessly than one might expect) in this 2008 drama starring Josh Brolin as the controversial commander-in-chief.

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Six Degrees of Separation (June 1)

Based on the award-winning play of the same name, this critically acclaimed, based-on-real-events 1993 indie features Will Smith—in one of his first big-screen roles—as a con man who convinces a wealthy couple (Donald Sutherland and Oscar-nominated Stockard Channing) that he's the son of Sidney Poitier.

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Remember (June 8)

An elderly Holocaust survivor with a failing memory (Christopher Plummer) is sent by a friend (Martin Landau) on a mission to kill the in-hiding Nazi guard responsible for his family's death in this somber thriller from Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan.

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Midnight Special(June 3)

Michael Shannon flees the government (including Adam Driver) with his supernaturally powered son in this sterling John Carpenter/Steven Spielberg-ish sci-fi odyssey.

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The Treasure (June 7)

Two men go in search of treasure, thought to be buried by one of their grandfathers somewhere on a family estate, in Romanian New Wave standout Corneliu Porumboiu's deadpan comedy.

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Zootopia (June 7)

A police officer rabbit and a con-artist fox team up to solve a mysterious crime involving animal predators in this animated smash Disney hit starring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, and Jenny Slate.

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A War (June 7)

A military commander is accused of committing a war crime while trying to protect innocent civilians from Taliban forces in Afghanistan in this Academy Award-nominated import from A Hijacking's Tobias Lindholm.

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Cell (June 10)

John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in their second Stephen King adaptation (after 2007's 1408) with this thriller about a mysterious cell phone signal that turns most of humanity into rampaging zombie-like monsters.

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Knight of Cups (June 14)

Terrence Malick explores the ennui of an alienated screenwriter drifting through a decadent Hollywood in this polarizing film starring Christian Bale.

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45 Years (June 14)

Charlotte Rampling earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance as a wife who, on the eve of her 45th wedding anniversary, finds her loyalty to her husband shaken by an incident involving his past.

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Mountains May Depart(June 14)

Three friends engaged in a love triangle have their lives impacted, for better and worse, by China's burgeoning economic modernization in this piercing import from famed director Jia Zhangke.

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Everybody Wants Some!! (June 21)

A young college freshman engages in all manner of boys-will-be-boys craziness alongside his baseball teammates in Richard's Linklater's '80s-set period comedy—a spiritual follow-up to his Dazed and Confused.

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Nick SchagerNick Schager is a NYC-area film critic and culture writer with twenty years of professional experience writing about all the movies you love, and countless others that you don’t.

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